3/Dance Innovations

San Francisco,

Lander's Etudes. Photo: Erik Tomasson

3/Dance Innovations

Dance San Francisco,
We are inclined to follow Johnny Eliasen anywhere. In his staging of this special delivery rendering of “Études,” our devotee sentiments are richly rewarded. Yes, there are moments that could have done with a preemptive spring cleaning, but overall, ...
Photo: Kevin Berne

Wakey, Wakey

Theater San Francisco,
Two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Tony Hale (Gary on “Veep,” Buster on “Arrested Development”) returned to the stage for the first time in 17 years to star in “Wakey, Wakey,” by Will Eno.  And on opening night, Hale did himself ...
Photo: Erik Tomasson

Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella

Dance San Francisco,
Christopher Wheeldon gives us a complex “Cinderella,” absent even a soupçon of “The Cinderella Complex” that feminist therapists pride themselves in vanquishing, but which others of their profession reluctantly accommodate to. Wheeldon sidelines the Charles Perrault version of the ...
Esteban Hernandez and Max Cauthorn in the

Spellbound

Dance San Francisco,
Two elements in the gala’s ceremonial intro nearly upstaged the nativist spit and polish of “Men’s Regiment from Stars and Stripes.”  First was Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson’s paradoxical pitch to set aside our points of view in the service ...
Photo: Robbie Sweeney

No Quarter

Dance San Francisco,
“Astrology is not about astrology. It is about what is already happening. Astrology isn’t about us, but the way we are sewn into the weave of all we belong to. Right now, you are not dead, but you will ...
Barkley L. Hendricks

Soul of a Nation

Art & Architecture San Francisco,
“Art in the Age of Black Power 1963 –1983” celebrates and dignifies the significant body of artwork by African American artists that was crucial to the black experience and American history. This remarkable and vital exhibition captures a volatile ...
Nikhil Chopra. Drawing a Line Through Landscape.

Soft Power

Art & Architecture San Francisco,
In a departure from its typical retrospective or mid-career show of a sole contemporary or renowned artist, (typically in the past, a white male), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is presenting new and recent works by ...
Photo: Robbie Sweeny

(in)Visible

Dance San Francisco,
Jess Curtis is an award-winning dancemaker and performer who has created and performed multidisciplinary works in the U.S and Europe. In 2000, he founded, Jess Curtis/Gravity.  He holds an MFA in Choreography and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from the ...